A forum on occupational safety and hygiene for young workers took place in Hanoi on April 16 in response to annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28).
The National Council on Labour Safety and Hygiene held its 2018 dialogue in Hanoi on April 11 in response to World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28) and preparation for the national action month on labour safety and hygiene in May.
The General Statistics Office (GSO) has submitted to the Prime Minister a statistical project on how to measure the non-observed economy, including underground and illegal economic activities that affect the scale of the economy.
Thailand’s fisheries association plans to pay its employees through bank accounts from April or May 2018 in an effort to prevent forced labour.
A national cooperation programme on sustainable employment for 2017-2021 between Vietnam and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was signed in Hanoi on December 5.
Vietnam can and should extend social protection to those in the informal economy through a mix of contributory and non-contributory schemes in order to achieve universal coverage, experts said at a conference on November 29.
Specialists from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on November 8 shared experiences in wage and social insurance issues and gave recommendations to Vietnam’s draft plan for reforming wage, social insurance and benefits for national contributors.
Increasing labour productivity is the key to the sustainable development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), experts have said.
Seven out of every ten informal workers did not know about employment policies and more than 40 percent of freelance workers had never heard about voluntary social insurance.
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) will step up bilateral and multilateral cooperation with international organisations and other countries between now and 2020.
Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai has praised the International Labour Organisation’s support for Vietnam in building legal frameworks relating to labour standards and social security.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a strong plea for international cooperation in fighting climate change while addressing a panel discussion of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7.
The Vietnamese Government and the United Nations (UN) signed a One Strategic Plan (OSP) for the 2017-2021 period in Hanoi on July 5.
After watching the staff working hard to transport materials and products to and from a coffee processing company, Vu Quang Tho asked them why they didn’t think of a way to save time and effort.
Representatives from 24 trade unions at grass-roots level from Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces studied new approaches to communication with trade union members at a training workshop on June 21.
Vietnam attaches significance to green growth, safe labour migration and sustainable development, contributing to achieving economic development sustainable employment goals.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the International LabourOrganisation have co-organised a workshop on the prevention of child labour in natural disasters and climate change.
Vietnam is yet to show the world how special its silk is and how skilled its craftswomen and craftsmen are, experts said on June 12.
